February 28 2026 Bingo Bash: Saturday, February 28, 2026, Iowa State Fairgrounds. This is our signature fundraiser! Information on volunteering will be forthcoming. Sponsorships are available and listed in the document to download below.
**For more event details don’t forget to check our website!
Classification: Consulting – Leadership Development
Sponsor:
If you have questions or concerns regarding the above proposed member(s), contact Membership Committee chair Mary Hunter at Mary.Hunter@dmgoodwill.org.
DMAM BOOK CLUB JANUARY 23RD
The first Book Club of 2026 will be held at Carl's Place at 1620 Woodland Ave, Des Moines on Friday Jan. 23, 2026 starting at 4 PM until the epilogue!
I believe this is an all cash locale so please remember that!! Also you get a meeting make-up for attending Book Club now!!!!
We encourage new members to attend as it's great time to get to know the "old-timers & regulars."
Quote for the day. "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx
Darrell L. Smith - Book Aficionado
NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION SESSON Join us for our New Member Orientation on Friday, January 23, immediately following our regular Rotary meeting. In just 40 minutes, you'll gain valuable insight into Rotary, our Club, and all the benefits of your membership. You'll also meet fellow new members, our New Member Committee, and Board members—making Friday mornings even more welcoming! We'll gather in the Wakonda Bar.
Judy Ralston-Hansen, New Member Orientation Committee Chair
ROLLINS MANSION OPEN HOUSE JANUARY 29TH
Join us at the Rollins Mansion social, Thursday, 1-29-2026, 4:30 - 6 PM, 2633 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, 50321. "Plus ones" of Rotary members are welcome.
Tours are available, and both levels are open to us. If there is interest, there will be a scavenger hunt on the main level at 5 pm.
There is room for 20 cars in the closest lot, so double up and car pool with a friend. Overflow parking is available at the Italian American Cultural Center directly north of the Mansion via connecting driveway. Parking signs will be displayed.
The facility is ADA accessible, but there is a specific route for those with limited mobility. Personal mobility assistance is available by calling Brianna Chonka, (515) 657-7288 in advance of the event. There is no elevator on site, but the second level is accessible by car from the drive.
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres are graciously provided by the Mansion. Credit and debit cards (only) are accepted for beverages.
MEMBER RELATIONS HAPPY HOUR FEBRUARY 5TH
Join us for the next Member Relations get together on Thursday, February 5th from 4-6pm at Bevy's Tavern, 1300 50th St in West Des Moines!
IOWA WOLVES ROTARY POLIO PLUS NIGHT FEBRUARY 22, 3PM
Rotary Polio Plus Night with the Iowa Wolves is basically basketball colliding with the State Fair at full speed. Expect halftime chaos, butter sculpting of questionable intent, fainting goats (no joke!), a mechanical pig, and dignity checks at every turn. Buy tickets like our club’s reputation depends on it because free tickets and the (Ed) Arnold Cup are on the line. Come for the game, leave buttery, slightly humbled, and forever changed.
Tickets are $20 each, of which $10 is committed to eradicating polio, and thanks to the Gates Foundation's generous 2-for-1 match, your contribution can help immunize nearly 100,000 children.
Anupam will bulk purchase tickets to make sure the clown-show is together. Can’t go? We’ll donate the tix to Big Brother Big Sister, Iowa Homeless Youth Shelter, Boys and Girls Club.
Anupam Mittra, Community Service Chair
SIGNATURE FUNDRAISER BINGO BASH 2026
Saturday, February 28, 2026, 9AM - 7PM
Iowa State Fairgrounds - Elwell Family Food Center
It's time to start signing up to volunteer at the BingoBASH - there are lots of opportunities from game floor floaters, front door sales tables, exit research interviews with attendees, and more.
It's SO much fun while serving our community.
The three local non-profits who will be recipients from BingoBASH 5 are:
Food insecurity - St. Vincent de Paul food pantries
Human trafficking - Iowa Law Enforcement Academy and Iowa's 5th District Dept. of Corrections
Mental health - Harvest Academy
Volunteers - please sign up here! https://dash.pointapp.org/events/477380
Volunteers will receive a new complementary BingoBASH t-shirt ... and we will also be selling t-shirts at the event this year.
Sponsors - We're also seeking sponsors to meet our revenue goal of $100,000. If you haven't connected with John Bouslog yet and are interested in sponsoring BingoBASH 5, please email him at JBouslog@iowafirm.com.
View the Sponsorship Benefits sheet with different tiers, including game vouchers, in the Download files below.
THANK YOU for your support of Rotary DMAM's BingoBASH!
ITEM DONATION DRIVE FOR BEACON
The Beacon is a nonprofit organization in Des Moines dedicated to empowering women to overcome trauma, addiction, and homelessness through safe housing, recovery programs, and life-skills training. Please consider donating items from the download files list below to help meet the needs of women working toward stability and independence. Every contribution makes a difference—thank you for your support!
Please drop off your donations at the Club Service desk by January 30, 2026.
DMAM is partnering with the Rotary Club of Waukee to participate in a blood donor week this February. Stop in at any Lifeserve Blood Center to donate. Lifeserve will record the name of each Rotary donor’s club and will report results of total donations for each club upon completion.
DMAM Rotary Member Relations Happy Hour
Always the 1st Thursday of each month from 4-6 pm.
Locations are to be announced closer to each event.
Questions reach out to Angie Weller @ 515-770-5812
Next Chapter Retirement Group Meetings
Always the second Friday of each month at 8am following the Rotary meeting.
Location: Wakonda Bar
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
No announcements today.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS
DMAM Rotarians are welcome to submit corporate and community event information for distribution to members as part of the Monday Memo.
Keep announcements brief!
The submission deadline is the close of business each Friday and must contain only text (no pictures or graphics).
SIGNATURE FUNDRAISER BINGO BASH 2026 
